"There are however exceptions to this — most of the United Kingdom's leading cricket and snooker commentators are former professionals in their sports, while the former Formula One racing commentator Murray Walker had no formal journalistic training and only limited racing experience of his own. In the United States, George ""Pat"" Summerall, a former professional kicker, spent most of his broadcasting career as a play-by-play announcer. Although the combination of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator is standard , in the past it was much more common for a broadcast to have no analysts and just have a single"
"Jeff Snook Jeff Snook (b, 21 March 1960 in Ashland, Ohio) is an American sports writer and a 1982 graduate of The Ohio State University's School of Journalism. Snook has written 14 non-fiction books, including his most recent -- co-authoring Ken ""Hawk"" Harrelson's autobiography ""Hawk: I Did It My Way,"" with the former Major-Leaguer and current Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer. Snook also co-wrote longtime Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer's autobiography, ""Let Me Be Frank."" He also co-wrote """"Busted: The Rise and Fall of Art Schlichter"""" with Art Schlichter, a former quarterback who was suspended by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle."
"appear on television. Vecsey lives in Port Washington, New York with his wife, Marianne, an artist. George Vecsey George Vecsey (born July 4, 1939 in Jamaica, Queens) is an American non-fiction author and sports columnist for ""The New York Times."" Vecsey is best known for his work in sports, but has co-written several autobiographies with non-sports figures. He is also the older brother of fellow sports journalist, columnist, and former ""NBATV"" and ""NBA on NBC"" color commentator Peter Vecsey. Vecsey has written about such events as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics and on a wide variety of sports"
"George Vecsey George Vecsey (born July 4, 1939 in Jamaica, Queens) is an American non-fiction author and sports columnist for ""The New York Times."" Vecsey is best known for his work in sports, but has co-written several autobiographies with non-sports figures. He is also the older brother of fellow sports journalist, columnist, and former ""NBATV"" and ""NBA on NBC"" color commentator Peter Vecsey. Vecsey has written about such events as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics and on a wide variety of sports including tennis, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, and boxing, but considers baseball, the sport he's covered since"
"had not only a quadruple-double, but also a game where he recorded at least double digits in all five primary statistical categories. However, this has not been recorded in the books because the NBA had not officially adopted the statistics yet. On June 23, 2015, Pollack died at the age of 93. Harvey Pollack Herbert Harvey Pollack (March 9, 1922June 23, 2015) was an American sports statistician, a journalist of sports and entertainment, a publicist, and long term director of statistical information for the Philadelphia 76ers. At the time of his death, Pollack held the distinction of being the only"
"I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It is a memoir by former American professional basketball player Charles Barkley. [This is not to be confused with the collection of columns by Pulitzer Prize and H. L. Mencken Writing Award-winning columnist Michael ""Mike"" Royko (September 19, 1932 – April 29, 1997), copyright 1968, Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68–31464.] The book became a bestseller in 2002 and sold more than 125,000 copies. It reflects Barkley's own personality, experiences, and opinions. It explores a wide range of interests and discusses a variety of"
"Fuzzy Woodruff Lorenzo Ferguson ""Fuzzy"" Woodruff (May 27, 1884 – December 7, 1929) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known throughout most of the southeast for his vivid writing. He was also a music and drama critic. He began his newspaper career as a member of the ""Montgomery Advertiser"" in 1907. Among the newspapers he served were the ""Birmingham News"", the ""Birmingham Age-Herald"", the ""New Orleans States"", the ""Mobile Register"", the ""New York Evening World"", the ""Chicago Inter-Ocean"", the ""Chicago Examiner"", the ""St. Louis Dispatch"", the ""Atlanta Constitution"", the ""Atlanta Georgian"", and the ""Atlanta Journal"". Recalling the only game in"
"""N ""if"" L"", where he describes the NFL environment if a notable event goes differently than in reality. (ex. Dwight Clark fails to make The Catch) In 2013, Dameshek started a series called ""The Sports Car"" where he films himself interviewing an NFL player from his car while driving around. Dave Dameshek William David Dameshek (born June 11, 1970) is an American television writer and radio personality. Dameshek is currently a football analyst and writer for NFL.com, appearing on ""NFL Fantasy Live"" and hosting the ""Dave Dameshek Football Program"". Dameshek began writing for cable television hits including Fox Sports Net's"
"Harvey Pollack Herbert Harvey Pollack (March 9, 1922June 23, 2015) was an American sports statistician, a journalist of sports and entertainment, a publicist, and long term director of statistical information for the Philadelphia 76ers. At the time of his death, Pollack held the distinction of being the only individual still working for the NBA since its inaugural 1946–47 season. Because of his proclivity to statistics, then ""Philadelphia Bulletin"" writer George Kiseda pinned the moniker of ""Super Stat"" on him in 1966. Pollack played basketball for Simon Gratz High School and graduated in 1943 from Temple University in Philadelphia. He took"
"Samuel Abt Samuel Abt (born 1934) is an American sports journalist and author who covered professional cycling for 31 years, publishing articles in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, among others. He devoted much time to chronicling the careers of English-speaking riders, especially Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond. Abt wrote 10 books on professional cycling, including ""In High Gear: The World of Professional Bicycle Racing"", ""Lemond: The Incredible Comeback of an American Hero"", and the acclaimed ""Breakaway: On the Road with the Tour de France"". According to VeloPress, ""He is the only American to have been awarded the"
"He has written four books related to Ohio State football, including """"What It Means To Be a Buckeye,"""", and others on the Oklahoma Sooners, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Florida Gators. Jeff Snook Jeff Snook (b, 21 March 1960 in Ashland, Ohio) is an American sports writer and a 1982 graduate of The Ohio State University's School of Journalism. Snook has written 14 non-fiction books, including his most recent -- co-authoring Ken ""Hawk"" Harrelson's autobiography ""Hawk: I Did It My Way,"" with the former Major-Leaguer and current Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer. Snook also co-wrote longtime Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer's autobiography,"
"A Few Seconds of Panic A Few Seconds of Panic is a nonfiction first-person narrative by Stefan Fatsis, published in 2008. The book chronicles Fatsis, a professional 43-year-old sportswriter working for the ""Wall Street Journal"", and his attempt to play in the National Football League. Along the way, he relates the personal stories and struggles that professional football players face in the league. After some setbacks, Fatsis eventually finds some success as a backup placekicker for the Denver Broncos. The book's title comes from Jason Elam's description of being a kicker as ""hours and hours of boredom surrounded by a"
"Sean Ingle Sean Ingle (born in Luton, UK) is a British sports journalist. He has been a Sports Editor at guardian.co.uk since 2000, specialising in football. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian Football Weekly podcast. His own accounts of his time spent playing Sunday League football (as a goalkeeper) have led to his fellow Football Weekly presenters regularly joking that he has ""played football at a reasonably high level"". In December 2017, Ingle broke the story alongside colleague Martha Kelner that four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome failed a doping test during his victory at the Vuelta"
"Vincent Hogan Vincent Hogan is an Irish sports journalist who writes for the Irish Independent. As ghost writer of autobiographies, he has written with sports personalities such as international soccer Paul McGrath's (""Back From the Brink"" - British Sports Autobiography of the Year; William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year), Eddie O'Sullivan and inter-county GAA players Nicky English and Henry Shefflin and Colm 'Gooch' Cooper. He is co-driver to amateur Irish rally driver and RTÉ Sport presenter Michael Lyster. Some of his colour pieces have caused controversy. In the aftermath of their exclusion of team-mate, Kevin Cassidy, from a"
"Doug Krikorian Doug Krikorian is a long-time Los Angeles-area sportswriter, sports talk show host, and the author of the autobiography ""Between the Bylines: The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles's Most Colorful Sports Journalist"" (2013). Krikorian covered the Southern California sporting scene for more than 45 years for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and then the Long Beach Press Telegram. Krikorian gained a reputation for his views on the Lakers, Dodgers, Angels Clippers, USC and UCLA. He covered most of the big fights in the 1980s and 1990s. He monitored the Ram teams of Carroll Rosenbloom and then Georgia"
"full-time, although he maintains a monthly column in ""Golf Digest"" magazine. Larry King has called Jenkins ""the quintessential ""Sports Illustrated"" writer"" and ""the best sportswriter in America."" Jenkins has written numerous works and over 500 articles for ""Sports Illustrated"". In 1972, Jenkins wrote his first novel, ""Semi-Tough"". Jenkins now lives in Fort Worth with his family. His daughter Sally Jenkins is a sports columnist for the ""Washington Post"". In December 2014, Jenkins published an article in ""Golf Digest"" titled ""My (Fake) interview with Tiger; or how it plays out in my mind."" In the piece, which featured images of a"
"his autobiography entitled ""Determined"" in August 2007, published by Headline, and with a foreword by actor James Nesbitt. ""When Saturday Comes"" magazine reviewer Joyce Woolridge wrote that """"Determined"" is an entertaining, well written account of one of the less ordinary 1980s footballers, with the added twist of how Whiteside was able to rebuild his life, if not his knee."" The next month it was reported that Whiteside had been diagnosed with irregular heart rhythms. Whiteside worked as a pundit on ITV's coverage of UEFA Euro 2016. Manchester United Northern Ireland Specific General Norman Whiteside Norman Whiteside (born 7 May 1965)"
"Monroe agrees. Howard Cosell Howard William Cosell (; born Howard William Cohen; March 25, 1918 – April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist and author, who was prominent and influential on radio, television and print media from the early 1960s into the mid 1980s. He was also an actor who played minor roles in several TV programs and movies. Cosell was widely known for his blustery, confident personality. Cosell said of himself, ""Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. There's no question that I'm all of those things."" In its obituary for Cosell, ""The New York Times"" described"
"Lesley Visser Lesley Candace Visser (born September 11, 1953) is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history (male or female) who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. Open network broadcasts. Visser, who was voted the No. 1 Female Sportscaster of all-time in a poll taken by the American Sportscasters Association, was elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Hall of Fame"
"and reading thrillers. John Motson John Walker Motson, OBE (born 10 July 1945), also known as Motty, is an English football commentator who currently works for Talksport. Since 1971 he has been a commentator for over 2000 games on television and radio, including covering all the major football championships: FIFA World Cups, FA Cups, and UEFA European Championships. For a 30-year period, from the late 1970s to 2008, Motson was the dominant football commentary figure at the BBC, apart from a brief spell in the 1990s, when his friend and rival Barry Davies was selected for two FA Cup final"
"Maury Allen Maury Allen (born Maurice Allen Rosenberg; May 2, 1932 – October 3, 2010) was an American sportswriter, actor, and columnist for the ""New York Post"" and the ""Journal-News"". He was also a voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen wrote 38 books on American sports icons. He also contributed to Thecolumnists.com. Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Harry and Frances Rosenberg. Harry Rosenberg was a coffee salesman and Frances a homemaker. He attended James Madison High School where he covered sports for the school paper. As a young man, Allen was a Brooklyn Dodgers"
"""Awful Announcing"" calling it an ""important, enlightening read."" The ""Washington Post"" described the book as, ""dark, edgy, revelatory and quite sad."" Playing Hurt Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope is a memoir written by John Saunders with bestselling author John U. Bacon, published posthumously on August 8, 2017. Saunders, a journalist and broadcaster of over thirty years for ESPN and ABC, published ""Playing Hurt"" in 2017. The memoir is divided into four parts and spans Saunders' life from his time growing up in Canada to the final years of his life and deals with topics like Saunders' ongoing"
"Michael Leahy (author) Michael Leahy (born January 28, 1953) is an American author and award-winning writer for ""The Washington Post"" and ""The Washington Post Magazine"". He is best known for his latest non-fiction book, The Last Innocents, which examines the tumultuous political & social change of the 1960s through the lens of the era's legendary Los Angeles Dodgers. Leahy has also earned recognition for his 2004 book, When Nothing Else Matters, which chronicles basketball superstar Michael Jordan's last comeback to the NBA. Leahy's stories have also been selected for the 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 editions of The Best American"
"Frank Deford Benjamin Franklin Deford III (December 16, 1938 – May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's ""Morning Edition"" radio program. Deford wrote for ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine from 1962 until his death in 2017, and was a correspondent for the ""Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"" television program on HBO. He wrote 18 books, nine of them novels. A member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, Deford was six times voted National Sportswriter of the Year by the members of"
"28, 2017, at the age of 78, at his home in Key West, Florida. Frank Deford Benjamin Franklin Deford III (December 16, 1938 – May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's ""Morning Edition"" radio program. Deford wrote for ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine from 1962 until his death in 2017, and was a correspondent for the ""Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"" television program on HBO. He wrote 18 books, nine of them novels. A member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame,"
"Jim Murray (sportswriter) James Patrick Murray (December 29, 1919 in Hartford, Connecticut – August 16, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American sportswriter. He worked at the ""Los Angeles Times"" from 1961 to 1998. Many of his achievements include winning the NSSA's Sportswriter of the Year award an astounding 14 times (12 of those consecutively). In 1990, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his 1989 columns, and the Baseball Hall of Fame awarded him the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 1987. Cited as an influence by countless sports journalists, Murray was a fixture at the ""Los"
"once scored a goal from an Andy Gray cross. In 2004, Tyler was the announcer and event commentator for the ITV sports gameshow ""Simply the Best"". Martin Tyler is well known for his dramatic commentary on the last game of the 2011–12 Premier League season. Tyler's comments when Sergio Agüero netted a late winner against QPR for Manchester City is one of his most famous pieces of commentary. Tyler later revealed he was ""glad he didn't mess up"" one of his most iconic moments. Martin Tyler Martin Tyler (born 14 September 1945) is an English football commentator and coach at"
"is Chris Morris, an NLP practitioner. Chas Newkey-Burden Charles Philip Newkey Burden (born June 1973) is a British journalist and author. He has written 29 books, including one co-written with Julie Burchill. Three of the books have been official publications for Arsenal F.C. Newkey-Burden began his career as a staff writer on ""90 Minutes"" and ""Shoot"". He was chief sub editor on ""The Big Issue"". He has been a contributing editor to ""Loaded"" and a columnist for ""Time Out"", ""Attitude"" and ""The Jewish Chronicle"". He has interviewed David Beckham, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Frank Lampard, Alan Shearer , Rachel Stevens"
"Hove, Sussex and was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium in West London. Alan Hoby Alan John Fraser Hoby (1914 – 15 October 2008) was an English sports journalist, broadcaster and author, who was best known for his regular columns from 1949 to 1986 in the ""Sunday Express"", where he became chief sportswriter. During his career he covered seven Olympic Games, six World Cups and 31 Wimbledon championships. Alan Hoby was born in London in 1914, the son of John Charles James Hoby, Bandmaster of the Royal Marines. He started in journalism at the age of 16 reading proofs in a basement"
"praised ""A Life too Short"" as ""eloquent and sensitive"", and William Hill co-founder Graham Sharpe stated it was ""an outstanding piece of sportswriting"". A Life Too Short A Life too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke is a 2012 biography by Ronald Reng about the Hannover 96 captain and Germany goalie Robert Enke, who committed suicide after six years of depression on 10 November 2009. The book details the life of Robert Enke, particularly focusing on Enke's struggle with depression. Reng also focuses on his friendship with Enke, with whom he was supposed to co-write a biography. Critical reception for"
"Chas Newkey-Burden Charles Philip Newkey Burden (born June 1973) is a British journalist and author. He has written 29 books, including one co-written with Julie Burchill. Three of the books have been official publications for Arsenal F.C. Newkey-Burden began his career as a staff writer on ""90 Minutes"" and ""Shoot"". He was chief sub editor on ""The Big Issue"". He has been a contributing editor to ""Loaded"" and a columnist for ""Time Out"", ""Attitude"" and ""The Jewish Chronicle"". He has interviewed David Beckham, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Frank Lampard, Alan Shearer , Rachel Stevens Despite not being Jewish, Newkey-Burden has"
"Michael Wilbon Michael ""Willie"" Ray Wilbon (; born November 19, 1958) is an ESPN commentator and former sportswriter and columnist for ""The Washington Post"". He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted ""Pardon the Interruption"" on ESPN with former ""Post"" writer Tony Kornheiser since 2001. Wilbon began working for the ""Washington Post"" in 1980 after summer internships at the newspaper in 1979 and 1980. He covered college sports, Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association before being promoted to full-time columnist in February 1980. His column in the ""Post"", which dealt as much with"
"Alan Hoby Alan John Fraser Hoby (1914 – 15 October 2008) was an English sports journalist, broadcaster and author, who was best known for his regular columns from 1949 to 1986 in the ""Sunday Express"", where he became chief sportswriter. During his career he covered seven Olympic Games, six World Cups and 31 Wimbledon championships. Alan Hoby was born in London in 1914, the son of John Charles James Hoby, Bandmaster of the Royal Marines. He started in journalism at the age of 16 reading proofs in a basement before becoming a junior reporter at the Richmond and Twickenham Times."